Hair-ondulator



C. FUCHS-MAURER.

HAIR ONDULATOR. APPLICATION FILED APR- 6, I920- REHEWED APR. 9. 192]- 1,398 ,63'7. Patented NW. 29, 1921.

its arts CAROLINA FUCHS-MAURER, OF ZURICH, SWITZERLAND.

HAIR-ONDULATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 6, 1920, Serial No. 371,720. Renewed April 9, 1921. Serial No. 460,095.

To all 1/: 7mm it may concern Be 1t known that I, CAROLINA FUoHs- Miurnnn, a citlzen of Germany, and a resident of Zurich, Switzerland, have invented the arrangement of a fixed tube on one lever arm and of a pair of gyratory tubes on the other lever arm, said pair of tubes being fitted with rigid trailers or feelers under spring action and controlled by the first mentioned tube so as to close around the latter by an eccentric movement around their pivots. The said tubes may be replaced by Other forms of rods,'fingers or bars.

To render my invention clear, I will describe the same fully with reference to the accom 'ianying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation, shown as a pera spective view, of an embodiment of my novel ondulator in the open condition. Figs. 2 and 3 being crosssections of the tubular fingers showing same respectively partly closed and fully closed.

Inthe example shown in Fig. 1, the sheararm a carries a pair of cylindrical tubular fingers 72, while the arm a holds a fixed finger 0. The fingers b are mounted so as to swingaround parallelaxes or pivotscl connected firmly together with their upper. portions. The pivotsdmay be at the exterior of or within the fingers b in a position to cause the latter to move eccentrically with relation to their own axis. The fingers Z) carry fixed trailers or feelers 6 provided at or near the upper end, while at the lower end their is provided for each finger 7) a stop f fast on the arm a. Each finger Z) carries a pin g that rests against the stop f when the finger is in an open position as shown in Fig. 2, and is kept there by a torsion spring h which presses its upper end against the pin g, A heating device, being a well known feature, is not shown so as to keep the drawing clear.

The operation is as follows The ondulator is properly heated and the hair is placed in the space between the fingers b and c, after which the handles,

causes further penetration of the finger 0.

past the fingers btoward the rear thereof Patented Nov. 29,1921.

until'the ondulator becomes fully closed as shown in Fig. 3. In this last closing movement the finger 0 presses against the trailers e and, forcing them rearward, they bring about the turning motion of the fingers b 'on their'pivots (Z in opposition to the retaining action of the springs h, the fingers b, gyrating around the finger 0, being brought against each other in front of said finger 0. The hair now lies in a practically complete circle around the finger 0. At opening the ondulator, the finger 0 pushes back the fingers b and the springs it return and retain the latter in the fully open position against the stops 7.

I claim:

1. A hair ondulator comprising a twoarmed handle, a fixed finger on one handle arm, a pair of separated pivoted fingers on the other handle arm, eccentrically disposed pivots for and trailers on the said pivoted fingers, resilient means for opening the latter, and stops on the handle arms to -limit the opening movement of said pivoted arms.

2. A hair ondulator comprising a twoarmed handle, a fixed finger on one handle a pair of pivoted fingers on the other handle arm, means whereby the fixed finger moves the pivoted fingers. into a rearward closing position, andineans for opening the pivoted fingers to a limited extent.

CAROLINA FUCHS-MAURER. 

